6:30 AM | **Rain and/or snow showers from later tomorrow into early Saturday...coldest air yet to follow for the latter part of the weekend and early part of next week**
Paul Dorian
6-Day forecast for the Washington, D.C. metro region
Today
Mainly sunny, breezy, colder, highs in the low-to-mid 40’s; N-NW winds around 5-15 mph
Tonight
Mainly cloudy, cold, lows in the upper 20’s
Friday
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of rain showers early and then rain and/or snow showers late, upper 30’s for afternoon highs
Friday Night
Mainly cloudy, cold, chance of snow showers or a mix of rain and snow showers, upper 20’s for late night lows
Saturday
Becoming mainly sunny, windy, cold, middle 30’s with lower wind chills
Sunday
Coldest day so far this season...Mainly sunny, brisk, very cold, upper 20’s
Monday
Mainly sunny, still quite cold, near 30 degrees
Tuesday
Becoming mainly cloudy, cold, chance of rain and/or snow late in the day or at night, upper 30’s
Discussion
On Friday, a “clipper” low pressure system will drop to the south and east from the Great Lakes region at the same time low pressure starts to form over the western Atlantic Ocean. These two systems may combine to produce rain showers in the region early Friday and then rain and/or snow showers from later Friday into late Friday night. Minor snow accumulations are possible in the DC metro region by late Friday night and up to a couple inches can fall across portions of northeastern Maryland.
As the low pressure system intensifies on Saturday and pulls off to the northeast of here, the coldest air of the season so far will pour into the region for the latter part of the weekend and early part of next week. Temperatures on Sunday will be confined to the 20’s for afternoon highs – the coldest day so far this season - and the overnight lows by early Monday morning could be in the lower teens across many suburban locations.
Meteorologist Paul Dorian
Arcfield Weather